Good Rich People
Good Rich People
by Eliza Jane Brazier
Published January 25, 2022
by Berkley Publishing
Rating: 5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Psychological Suspense
DESCRIPTION
A destitute woman deceives her way into the guesthouse of a Hollywood Hills mansion and inadvertently becomes a target in the twisted game of the wealthy family upstairs in the next intoxicating novel from Eliza Jane Brazier.
Lyla has always believed that life is a game she is destined to win, but her husband, Graham, takes the game to dangerous levels. The wealthy couple invites self-made success stories to live in their guesthouse and then conspires to ruin their lives. After all, there is nothing worse than a bootstrapper.
Demi has always felt like the odds were stacked against her. At the end of her rope, she seizes a risky opportunity to take over another person’s life and unwittingly becomes the subject of the upstairs couple’s wicked entertainment. But Demi has been struggling forever, and she’s not about to go down without a fight.
In a twist that neither woman sees coming, the game quickly devolves into chaos and rockets toward an explosive conclusion.
Because every good rich person knows: in money and in life, it’s winner take all. Even if you have to leave a few bodies behind.
MY THOUGHTS
Graham, and Margo are so bored. And so rich. They can get away with anything, right? Graham’s wife Lyla knows it and is pulled into Graham and Margo’s insanely wicked game. She believes she can never get out alive. She knows too much.
“I stretch my lips in a smile. It hurts a little.”
For the people in Brazier’s book, being rich is 90% money and 10% artifice. So when a woman used to living by her wits on the street is unwittingly pulled into Lyla, Graham and Margo’s game, they won’t know what happened until the twisty end. Even when the game keeps on going.
You will love to hate the characters in Good Rich People. Not one of them is innocent; some just have more motivation for the evil they do. Picture a cross between Joe Goldberg (You) and Dexter. I almost feel guilty for liking this book, but it will definitely cease all craving for a “rich people” lifestyle. While this book was way over the top, the writing style was so entertaining I couldn’t put it down!
Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley for this eccentric romp through the Los Angeles hillside!
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